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AI slows down some experienced software developers, study finds (www.reuters.com)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This isn’t black and white. There will always be some junior hires. No one is saying replace ALL of them. But hiring 1 junior engineer instead of 3? Maybe…and that’s already happening to some degree.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And when the current senior programmers retire the field of juniors that are coming to replace them will be much smaller.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Not that I agree, but if you believe that the LLMs will continuously improve, then in 5-10 years you may only need 1/3rd the seniors, to oversee and prompt. Again, that's what these CEOs are relying on.

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